Moderate Earthquake Hits Aleutians - No Damage

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November 13, 1993

PALMER, ALASKA — A moderate earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands of Alaska early Friday, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said. No injuries or damage were reported. The earthquake, which registered 5.0 on the Richter scale, occurred at 2:16 a.m. local time (6:16 a.m. EST) and was centered about 70 miles southwest of Adak, said Guy Urban, a geophysicist at the center. The earthquake was felt slightly on Adak, a sparsely populated island, Urban said.